Please help us find this thief in Northeast Philly! More info and pictures in comments. Thank you!
imgur.com/a/OUh7LPosted Mar 10, 2014, 2:09 PM UTC
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Links to his pictures. They were captures by a webcam facing out the window.
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Well, if he keeps walking around in that "shirt"? I think there may be a quick arrest in his future.
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Check all the recent transactions at 'Horrible Shirts Emporium'.
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Its not a shirt, its a windbreaker. With some sort of logo or icon on the right side.
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Make sure they file a report, and talk with one of the officers in the local precinct. They often have a good sense of who might be behind things. The way this guy is casually strolling in and out, and that he knew what they had, seems like he cased them.
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Already filed the report, but this kind of thing is so popular in NE that the cops don't really seem to care. They claimed they will have a defective look into it.
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If they are enough/have the time contact the local news, put it on Facebook, talk to shop owners, ask best cops, etc. Someone will recognize him.
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This troll is well fed today.
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Oh please don't let it be a family member Oh please don't let it be a family member...
Whew.
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Where did this occur? Northeast is a big area and this looks like my hood.
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Northeast Philadelphia, intersection of Hendrix Street and Audubon Ave. Happened around 12-1:00PM Saturday 3/8.
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Damn this is right around the corner from me.
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No this is obvious thief hunting.
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Tell your friend to stop by as many pawn shops as possible with a copy of the police report and, if possible, photos of some of the jewelery. It's a long shot, but you might get lucky.
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And view eBay/craigslist
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My friend says he looks like a guy he went to HS with. Can't put a name to him, but says he would have graduated from Washington High in 2005 or 2006. Might be able to find him if you can get ahold of yearbooks from those years.
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I've seen this guy before. I keep thinking around Washington HS.
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If you can think of any additional information, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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We have some video of him casing out the front door. Then, he went around back and broken in through the doggy door like the little worm that he is. And then the last video shows him casually strolling by.....
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how does marijuana possession = burglary? The fact that you posted that guys name is soo fucked up considering you dont really know if it is him or not. Maybe you should just let the police handle this.
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While I do agree with you somewhat, the police there are pretty much useless.
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i dunno man it's borderline defamation of character. If this guy is not the person who did it then OP runs the risk of defending against a lawsuit.
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The only part I didn't agree with you on is the police part.
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Defamation of character against an already convicted felon on reddit?
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There have been a string of burglaries in the area recently and I am sure everyone would be happy to get whoever this is off the streets.
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What if he is not the guy. We need to know if the person in the photos matches the guy in the report.
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Get a copy of everything and document as much as possible, it'll be tedious but worth it. Bring it to all the local pawn shops PERSONALLY and check eBay/Craigslist regularly. Might want to go to Jewelers who buy stuff like this as well.
Why personally? If you just mail it or call them they'll shrug it off. If you do it personally and explain the story in a heartfelt way, they might uptake some kind of obligation to catch this criminal. Everyone loves being the detective.
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While i sympathize with your situation it seems to me that this post violates rediquette in a major way.
Under the heading PLEASE DON'T :"Post someone's personal information, or post links to personal information. This includes links to public Facebook pages and screenshots of Facebook pages with the names still legible. We all get outraged by the ignorant things people say and do online, but witch hunts and vigilantism hurt innocent people too often, and such posts or comments will be removed. Users posting personal info are subject to an immediate account deletion. If you see a user posting personal info, please contact the admins. Additionally, on pages such as Facebook, where personal information is often displayed, please mask the personal information and personal photographs using a blur function, erase function, or simply block it out with color. When personal information is relevant to the post (i.e. comment wars) please use color blocking for the personal information to indicate whose comment is whose."
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While I feel for the OP, these types of posts should be banned. There's no guarantee the OP is legit; maybe the person in the photos is innocent of any robbery and the OP wants to visit harm upon him, and your information helps him do so?
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You're right, but in this case, you can clearly see this guy in picture/video caring two laptops under his arms, and scoping out the place.
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Yeah, I'm leaning towards this being legit too, but just because I can't think of another reason the OP would have these videos of these dudes doesn't mean there is one. I really think we should make it a blanket rule about posting personal information. Philly already has a reputation for vigilantism.
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Yes, this is as legit as can be. It is not about the money, it is about the sentimental attachment to the jewelry as it came to the USA from overseas a long time ago. All they care about is having it recovered.
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I dont see him scoping out anything. I see him walk down the driveway and then up some steps, presumably to a door. Next we see him walking away with laptops under his arm. How do we know he wasn't there buying the laptops?
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Buying the laptops? They were stolen from the residence. I don't even know how to appropriately respond to your question.
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So, I am usually 100% okay with believing strangers on the internet. Post a story on askreddit about how you saved the world from annihilation and then banged two chicks at the same time as your paraglided from an exploding volcano to safety? No problem believing that, because if you're lying nothing bad happens.
However, when personal information is involved, lies actually have consequences. Say you want to find someone that has a restraining order against you. You can't say that on the internet, but you can get people riled up about stealing from grandparents and BOOM, you have a personal army.
I'm not saying you did this, but I am saying your post, and all posts like it, should be removed. There's no way to verify that you're telling the truth, and if you are lying it could have serious consequences.
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Fair enough, what would be a good way to legitimize OP's claim? Would photo of police report be sufficient?
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I don't think there is one. There's no way we can be 100% sure that the police report is legit, or even if there was a police report, how do we know it's about the house or person in the photos/video?
While OPs story is a little too sob-story-ish for me ('my friend's grandma's sentimental jewelry!!'), I actually think it's on the up-an-up. However, I can't prove that, and if he's just using reddit as his personal army, that makes us complicit in any bad news that happens to a possibly innocent dude in the future.
And then, on top of that, even if the post is legit, what happens when reddit mis-identifies the guy? The OP goes to his house, bangs on the door demanding the jewelry back? Best case scenario is that dudes day is ruined because he has to call the cops on some crazy on his stoop, worst case scenario is probably that someone gets shot.
Because of those reasons, posts like these should be banned.
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We just want to help identify the burglar so the police can apprehend him and recover the antique jewelry before it is sold or scrapped. There is heavy sentimental attachment attached.
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A white criminal in Philly.. Shouldn't the pigs have about 5 suspects to roust as in the usual suspects
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He is white? First time for everything.
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This guy broke into my friends grandparents over the weekend and stole two laptops and a trove of precious antique jewelry that was brought back from Ukraine in the early 1900's. There is much sentimental value attached. If anyone recognizes this scumbag, please let me and/or the Philadelphia northeast police department know. Thank you very much.
Call local pawn shops. Every one. My brother had a rented camera lens stolen from his unlocked car (stupid of him). He called every pawn shop in the area he could find, until he eventually found one all the way in Lower Bucks that matched the serial number to a lens that was recently sold to the shop. We live in the Bustleton/Fox Chase Area.
EDIT: Some clarity.
Check craigslist for the laptops too
I'm so sorry. I'm sending the pic to all my city peeps.
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Is there a picture of him?
you are posting this guys name and info on a public forum and you dont even know if it is him.
I feel bad for your grandparents and all but I hope this guy slaps you with a lawsuit if he isnt the person who did it.
I found a picture of the guy from your link and he appears to have a different hairline than the guy in the video. They have similar facial features. Cant tell about the nose. The guy in the video appears to have bigger ears. He is likely taller as well but i'm no expert.
I'm pretty sure that's the entire point of this post, to find who did it.
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It's okay, he's not Trayvon Martin's son. We're racist in Philadelphia.
HAW HAW HAW!!!
Edit: /s... Fuck racist. But damn...